[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 234 (Thursday, December 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 85326-85327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26889]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Modification To Consent Decree 
Under the Clean Water Act

    On December 3, 2023, the Department of Justice lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee in 
the lawsuit entitled United States and the State of Tennessee v. The 
City of Chattanooga, Civil Action No. 1:12-cv-00245, a proposed 
modification to the existing Consent Decree.
    The United States, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (``EPA''), and the State of Tennessee filed this lawsuit on July 
17, 2012, under the Clean Water Act and Tennessee State law alleging 
violations with respect to the City of Chattanooga's publicly owned 
treatment works. A Consent Decree resolving these claims was entered by 
the Court on April 24, 2014. The proposed modification to the Consent 
Decree extends certain deadlines to achieve compliance with the Consent 
Decree while adding significant remedial projects that the city must 
complete in the next five years. The cost of the additional required 
projects is estimated to be $185 million.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed modification to the Consent Decree. Comments should be 
addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, and should refer to United States and the State of 
Tennessee v. The City of Chattanooga, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-10145. All 
comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the 
publication date of this notice. Comments may be submitted either by 
email or by mail:

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         To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By email............................  <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#94e4e1f6f7fbf9f9f1fae0b9f1f1e7baf1fae6f0d4e1e7f0fbfebaf3fbe2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="12626770717d7f7f777c663f7777613c777c6076526761767d783c757d64">[email protected]</span></a>.
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://

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www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of 
the Consent Decree upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, 
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $40.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost), payable to the United States Treasury.

Lori Jonas,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
& Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-26889 Filed 12-6-23; 8:45 am]
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